freyr
IPA: frˈɛr
Root Word: Freyr
noun
- (Norse mythology) A Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a weapon. He is sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr.
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Examples of "freyr" in Sentences
- As Freyr said, this isn't official.
- Freyr became heartsick for the girl.
- Freyr is the most famous of the asas.
- He will kill the unarmed god Freyr as well.
- The name is possibly an eponym for the god Freyr.
- Freyr is referred to several times in skaldic poetry.
- Freyr sees this as vandalism and warns me against it.
- The Freyr nonsense does not belong to an encyclopedia.
- Animals sacred to Freyr included the stag and the boar.
- Freyr is mentioned in several of the poems in the Poetic Edda.